Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Introduction to the verb carmer
The English translation of the French verb carmer is “to charm.” It is pronounced as “kahr-may.”
The word “carmer” comes from the Old French word “charmer,” which means “to enchant” or “to bewitch.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is the conditional perfect tense in English. This tense is used to express a hypothetical action or situation that would have taken place in the past, given certain conditions.
Three simple examples of the usage of “carmer” in the Conditionnel Passé tense are:
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Si j’avais su que tu étais sensible, je t’aurais charmé dès le premier jour. (If I had known you were sensitive, I would have charmed you from the first day.)
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Elle m’aurait charmé avec ses belles paroles si je n’avais pas été marié. (She would have charmed me with her beautiful words if I hadn’t been married.)
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Nous aurions été charmés par cette petite ville pittoresque si le temps avait été meilleur. (We would have been charmed by this quaint little town if the weather had been better.)
English translations:
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If I had known you were sensitive, I would have charmed you from the first day.
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She would have charmed me with her beautiful words if I hadn’t been married.
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We would have been charmed by this quaint little town if the weather had been better.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of carmer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais calmé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais calmé. | I would have calmed you down. |
tu | aurais calmé | Tu aurais calmé plus tôt. | You would have calmed down earlier. |
il | aurait calmé | Il aurait calmé son chien. | He would have calmed his dog. |
elle | aurait calmé | Elle aurait calmé la situation. | She would have calmed the situation. |
on | aurait calmé | On aurait calmé les enfants. | One would have calmed the children. |
nous | aurions calmé | Nous aurions calmé la foule. | We would have calmed the crowd. |
vous | auriez calmé | Vous auriez calmé votre colère. | You would have calmed your anger. |
ils | auraient calmé | Ils auraient calmé les clients. | They would have calmed the customers. |
elles | auraient calmé | Elles auraient calmé leurs nerfs. | They (female) would have calmed their nerves. |
Other Conjugations for Carmer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
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Carmer – About the French Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Unreal Past Scenarios
Polite Requests or Suggestions
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Conditional Present
Indicative Past Tenses
Conditional Future
Summary
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